| Deposit ID | 10088103 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00599 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Copper Head |
| Alternate or previous names | Mas 10 1018 |
| Related records | 10178207 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.08213, 37.91527 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1975 |
| Relative position | 2 1/2 MILES NE OF STUDHORSE PEAKS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Garfield(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bitter Creek Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Escalante(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Escalante(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dirty Devil(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Capitol Reef National Park(National Park)
National Park NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Garfield |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 033S | 007E | 25 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Torbernite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Marcasite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | ONE GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.38 PERCENT U3O8 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone | ||||
| Rock unit name | Shinarump Member Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Shinarump Mbr. Of Chinle Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.08213, 37.91527 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Circle Cliffs Anticlinal Upwarp |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | East Flank |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 10 DEG W |
| Dip | 4 DEG NE |
| Thickness | 0.61M |
| Length | 18.29M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 91.44M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Circle Cliffs Area Henry Mtns. District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lasalle Mining Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. L. Davis |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 24.38M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00599 |
SRC.REF: DAVIDSON, 1967
DAVIDSON, E. S., 1967 , GEOLOGY OF THE CIRCLE CLIFFS AREA, GARFIELD AND KANE COUNTIES, UTAH: US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1229 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1967 , URANIUM DEPOSITS OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 22 .
DOELLING, H. H., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GARFIELD COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 107 .
1967 GEOLMAP DAVIDSON, BULL. 1229
1967 RECON UGMS SP. ST. 22
1973 RECON UGMS FOR USBM MAS 10
USBM - MAS 10
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEEPEST PART OF 1800 FT. WIDE CHANNEL 30 - 40 FT. DEEP |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1978 | Doelling, Hellmut H. | Bureau of Land Management |
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